ikan

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ikan/
• Hyphenation: i‧kan

Noun

ikan

1. fish (vertebrate animal)
2. fish (flesh of fish as food)

Synonyms

• lauk

Chuukese

Noun

ikan

1. here (the place close to where the speaker is at)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ikan

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈkan/, [ʔiˈkan]
• Hyphenation: i‧kan

Noun

ikán (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜃᜈ᜔)

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

   Synonyms: sida, lames

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ikan, from Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan, underlying form: *Si-kan, where *Si is a nominalizer and *kan is a root meaning "to eat" (cognate with makan, of which prefixed with fossilized m-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ikan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: i‧kan
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Noun

ikan (first-person possessive ikanku, second-person possessive ikanmu, third-person possessive ikannya)

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Further reading

• “ikan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

ikan

1. Rōmaji transcription of いかん

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ikán

1. fish

Synonyms

• lamos

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan; underlying form: *Si-kan, where *Si is a nominalizer and *kan is a root meaning "to eat" (cognate with makan, of which prefixed with fossilized m-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ikan/
• Rhymes: -ikan, -kan, -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

Noun

ikan (Jawi spelling ايکن, plural ikan-ikan, informal 1st possessive ikanku, 2nd possessive ikanmu, 3rd possessive ikannya)

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

   Ikan itu berwarna biru.

   That fish is blue .

Synonyms

• lauk (Brunei Malay)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perikanan (“fishery”) [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)

Descendants

• Indonesian: ikan

Further reading

• “ikan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ikan

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Edo ọkhan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.kã́/

Noun

ikán

1. termite